The Saints added another badge to their 2009 season with a Regional Championship win over Gardner-Edgerton on Tuesday 10-1.  Saint Thomas Aquinas will head to Hummer Sports Park in Topeka next Friday for their shot a back-to-back State Championships.

Even with a State Championship to their credit, the players aren't taking anything for granted.  They began the season with a theme; "Never let your past success overshadow the hard work yet to be done"  The Saints know all to well that they can lose if they are not focused, but they have also learned that the can beat anyone they face if they put it all together.

5A State is turning out to be a very tight grouping of talented teams this year.  Lansing takes the top seed with just one loss for the season.  The next four spots came down to a coin flip, since Aquinas, Bishop Carroll, Andale/Garden Plain and Andover-Central are all going into the post-season 20-2.  Dispite being the defending State Champions, Aquinas didn't fair well in the coin toss event, drawing the number 5 seed and being paired with Andover-Central in the first round.

The Saints will be back in action next Friday (May 29th) at Hummer Sports Park in Topeka, KS.

Saint Thomas Aquinas - Regular Season Wrap-up

The Saints won the Kansas 5A State Championship in 2008 and look to be a genuine challenger for the title again this year.  They return with last year’s All-State pitcher Kellie White and All-State Outfielder Janessa Swinney.  Add to that, returning starters Cayce Jacquinot, Ashley Dobbie, Ellen Drummond, Lauren Thimmesch, Andrea Piezuch and Katelyn Nill, and a Saints defense that has frustrated team after team throughout the season, and you have a dangerous combination.

White and Nill have proven to be to be a deadly duo from the circle and the stingy Saints defense has made it difficult for even the best hitting teams to find a hole.  Saint Thomas Aquinas has out-scored their opponents 138-40 and they have 9 players hitting above .300 for the season.